title: Body movement analysis during sleep for children with ADHD using video image processing.
abstract: In recent years, the amount of children with sleep disorders that cause arousal during sleep or light sleep is increasing. Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a cause of this sleep disorder; children with ADHD have frequent body movement during sleep. Therefore, we investigated the body movement during sleep of children with and without ADHD using video imaging. We analysed large gross body movements (GM) that occur and obtained the GM rate and the rest duration. There were differences between the body movements of children with ADHD and normally developed children. The children with ADHD moved frequently, so their rest duration was shorter than that of the normally developed children. Additionally, the rate of gross body movement indicated a significant difference in REM sleep (p < 0.05). In the future, we will develop a new device that can easily diagnose children with ADHD, using video image processing.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakatani
authors.forename: Shima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Ikuko
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mohri
authors.forename: Yuko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Masako
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taniike
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Makikawa
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004585:Electrooculography; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D017286:Polysomnography; D012894:Sleep Stages; D012895:Sleep, REM; D014741:Video Recording